β-Actin as a loading control for plasma-based Western blot analysis of major depressive disorder patients

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 427, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 116-120

  Zhang, Rufang ^a,b   Yang, Deyu ^a,b   Zhou, Chanjuan ^a,b   Cheng, Ke ^a,b   Liu, Zhao ^a,b   Chen, Liang ^a,b   Fang, Liang ^a,b   Xie, Peng ^a,b  

^a CHONGQING KEY LABORATORY OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Loading control; Major depressive disorder; Plasma; Western blot; Actin

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; ELECTROPHORESIS; PLASMA (HUMAN); PLASMAS;

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTHY CONTROLS; LOADING CONTROL; MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTS; WESTERN-BLOT ANALYSIS;

PROTEINS;

BETA ACTIN; MIRTAZAPINE; OLANZAPINE; PAROXETINE; TISSUE EXTRACT; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84862270007     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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